The news becomes Days of Our Lives

"My billionaire is better than your billionaire," concludesSarah Weinman with Publishers Lunch as two Silicon Valley moguls "with a history of bad blood" square off overGawker (at only 200+ shares so far, but it just broke). The who, what and where: eBay co-founder Pierre Omidyar is calling for support of Gawker as they appeal the $140 million judgement awarded to Hulk Hogan, which you may recall was in turn supported by Peter Thiel. "MONEY FIGHT!" cheers TIME's Alex Fitzpatrick, although Bloomberg's Ellen Huet points out, Pierre Omidyar is trying to organize media groups to file amicus briefs in support of Gawker -- not backing w $$ yet." So how do we feel about this, gang? "I'm confused. Now that eBay's billionaire cofounder is backing Gawker's appeal, which way do I point my outrage?" wonders Joshua Brustein at Bloomberg Businessweek. "Oh goodie the Gawker press freedom flap is now a battle of billionaires, this sounds good for the news business," laments Mic's Joel Pavelski. "Literally none of this is good," chimes in The Verge's Kwame Opam. "We need to find a new way to say, you can’t make this stuff up," Glynnis MacNicol voices similar sentiments. But the best suggestion of all comes from Caitlin Kelly at VICE Sports: "let's just go back to duels, it's cool there's a musical about it now."

"Tronc, 2016-2016" So reads a micro-obituary written by Nieman Lab's Joshua Benton in response to the weekend's biggest media story: The scoop from Politico's Ken Doctor that Gannett, the nation's second-largest newspaper company ...

"The Onion on the Great Fall of China: Shoddy Chinese-Made Stock Market Collapses," tweets journalist Louisa Lim, sharing a link that, while a parody, still manages to tie together the current Chinese market crisis, ...